The Boy Genius is reporting, via one of his “trusty Apple connects,” that iPhone OS 4.0 will feature, among other things:
• Multi-Touch™ gestures OS-wide
• “A few new ways” to run applications in the background — multitasking
• Update available for only the iPhone 3G and 3GS, but will “put them ahead in the smartphone market because it will make them more like full-fledged computers” more than any other phone to date.
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@breeze
No, not really. I think there’s gonna be quite a bit more to it than that. Hopefully we’ll find out next week!
Seems odd that Apple would leave the iPod Touch out? I would be willing to bet they add support for it before release.
To be honest, I’m multitouch myself.
Nooo………..why would they leave the original iPhone in the dark? There isn’t really any difference between the 3G and the original other than the 3G.
I wonder what ‘two fingers up’ gestures to google and festering ballmusk?
I wish my iPhone would automatically switch to 3G when plugged in and then back to Edge with unpluged. Make it a preference.
I wish my iPhone would let me multitask when pluggin in.
My iPhone is plugged in a lot when in the car.
Apple wants to “encourage” 2.5G to whatever the new phone is. That is why it won’t apply to 2.5G phones.
Forgot the word upgrades after 2.5G.
No support for the still GOOD but “old” iPhone? I hope Apple don’t forget 1st. genereation iPhone users.
“Nooo……….why would they leave the original iPhone in the dark?”
Those customers have gone too long without giving Apple more money for new hardware. So Apple is forcing them to upgrade. The few hundred dollars they spent as early adopters, spreading the word and helping to convert millions of new iPhone users for Apple, are only worth TWO YEARS of support. After that, you’re expected to throw it away and buy the new model regardless how hard you worked to keep it clean and usable.
That’s the Apple way. Fall in line and accept it.
@R2,
Never mind that those people have already gotten TWO MAJOR OS UPGRADES to that existing hardware in those 2-2.5 years.
Ah, I guess you guys are right… People should just expect to be able to run the latest and greatest operating system on their hardware regardless of how old it gets or out-of-date the hardware spec is.
I love the part about adding tablet features to the iphones. How long has it taken so far for the rest of the world to try to (unsuccessfully) catch up to the iPhone, only to have Apple leave them all in the dust again.
It’ll be like a street race where you’re just starting to think you might catch the leader, and he pushes the nitrous button.
It makes sense that the original iPhone won’t get this upgrade, at least not for free — recall that Apple books iPhone revenue over 24 months using subscription accounting in order to dole out free OS upgrades during that time; the first-gen model came out in June of 2007, so the clock’s up.
@ericdano: I have a feeling they want those folks to upgrade. I’m still on on my first gen iPhone. I can just see it.
@R2
“Those customers have gone too long without giving Apple more money for new hardware. So Apple is forcing them to upgrade. The few hundred dollars they spent as early adopters, spreading the word and helping to convert millions of new iPhone users for Apple, are only worth TWO YEARS of support. After that, you’re expected to throw it away and buy the new model regardless how hard you worked to keep it clean and usable. “
If you want something that’s supported after three years, by a hammer or a shovel. If want a technology product that gets free upgrades after three years, I think that’s a bit much. It’s not that Apple is evil, it’s the nature of the technology product market. The iPhone is one of the few phones that has ANY value after the first 6 months. Before the iPhone, you could hardly give your phone away after a year, and nobody was giving out free upgrades with added functionality. I guess it doesn’t matter how much a company gives you – some people will always complain that they didn’t get even more.
Dammit. No way to edit once you’ve posted. “by” should have been “buy.” D’oh!
This could explain why iPhone Devs have had no beta builds of 3.1.3…
To anyone with a 1st generation iPhone complaining about not getting a 4.0 upgrade, GET OVER IT. You’re using a phone that’s going to be 2.5 to 3 years old by the time the software ships. Apple only supports devices for the duration of your 2 year contract. Once that’s over, you can choose to continue using the phone you have or upgrade to a current model. To expect them to keep investing development resources on your ancient phone (in the mobile world, at least) is just ridiculous.
@ ecrabb
As an 2.5G iPhone owner, our “out-of-date” hardware is still lightyears ahead of the other “smart” phones even without 3G. Where we are located in Central PA, there’s no 3G service for miles, so why upgrade? So we can pay the extra $10 a month to say we have 3G. Eventually I’ll upgrade when the battery starts to fade, but my 2.5G iPhone is working like a champ, so Apple, keep the upgrades coming.
The original iPhone may simply not have the processing power to handle the new OS. It is not only addition of 3G telephonic capabilities that makes the newer models different. The core processor is better.
@ R2, and the other people worrying about being forced to upgrade:
Be glad you’re not in the WinMob treadmill. There’s no guarantee that any of today’s WiMo phones will be able to upgrade to the latest and greatest. Ditto for the numerous Android variants out there – more often than not, you’re stuck with the version you got when you bought it.
We have it pretty darn good with Apple, all things considered.
Regarding the multi-tasking rumor – I’ll only be happy about this if we’re allowed to choose which apps run in the background. Last thing I want is some trojan sneaking thru the approval process to steal contact info, passwords, battery life, etc.
@cjstheman;
ATT has a policy that if you can show your primary address is in an area that is not served by 3G, you only will pay the EDGE price and will not be charged that extra $10.
It’s been that way since the 3G came out.